TRENTON — Father and son may spend some mandated time together behind bars.

Cameron A. Hall, 20, of the 1400 block of Stuyvesant Avenue in Trenton, allegedly broke into a Ewing house on Colleen Circle shortly before midnight on Nov. 2, stole an envelope containing $100 from a cabinet and lit a flare on the rear deck, according to court documents.

Hall scorched a small area on the deck and fled prior to the police’s arrival, according to Ewing Lt. Rocco Maruca

“This wasn’t a random act of violence,” Maruca said. “He knew the people at the house.”

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On Nov. 4, Hall turned himself into police and he was charged with burglary and aggravated arson, Maruca said.

He was sent to the Mercer County Correction Center in lieu of $100,000 in bail, according to a spokeswoman from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.

Hall has the same address as former city recreation department employee Charles Hall III, who pleaded guilty in February as part of a plea agreement for his involvement in a bribery scheme the feds believe is tied to Mayor Tony F. Mack, according to documents.

A source who wished to remain anonymous said Cameron Hall is Charles Hall’s son.

In December 2012, a federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment charging Mack, his brother, and Giorgianni with extortion, bribery, and mail and wire fraud.

Mack and his co-defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges, which stem from an alleged scheme to accept $119,000 in bribes in exchange for using the mayor’s influence over the development of a parking garage on city-owned land. Mack’s trial, which has been postponed twice, is scheduled for Jan. 6.

In federal court, Hall admitted to being a buffer in the scheme and accepted corrupt payments on behalf of Mayor Mack.

The former recreation department employee was also the first person from a painkiller ring allegedly run by Giorgianni to plead guilty for distributing oxycodone in a separate case.

Charles Hall III is expected to be a key witness to testify for the federal government at the corruption trial. He is awaiting sentencing for his guilty pleas.

Cameron Hall has a bail hearing scheduled Friday morning at the Mercer County Courthouse.

About the Author

Originally from Webster, N.Y., David has been a reporter in N.J. for the past three years (first in Phillipsburg and now in Trenton).He is a Temple alum who interned at the Philadelphia Daily News. Reach the author at dfoster@trentonian.com
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